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We study the non-linear sigma model realization of a heterotic vacuum with N = 2 space-time supersymmetry. We examine the requirements of (0,2) + (0,4) world-sheet supersymmetry and show that a geometric vacuum must be described by a principal two-torus bundle over a K3 manifold.
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Melnikov, I.V., Minasian, R. Heterotic sigma models with N = 2 space-time supersymmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 65 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2011)065
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